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Freeze
Shrieking winds, shred… the very air…
Icy blasts… render creatures motionless
Shivering… seeking cover
In hidden shelters… safe …if not warm…
Remembering …spring, summer, fall
Will come again…
Thoughts of far away …warm and calm…
Lost in the desolate cold grip
Of winters deadly breath
Frigid air… leaving its frosted signature
Upon the grass, the surface of the waters…
Upon the fallen leaves…
Nothing escapes… its reach…
Extending further in …within our bones
Its snowflakes attacking …relentlessly…
Like teeth …in the wind…
Falling endlessly… end over end…
Frozen fingers reaching around the throat
Stealing our breath… taking us to the very edge…
Praying we come no further …within its realm…
To receive …its frosty blessing…
The touch …of death…
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